Thread: Anyone taking their deuce to Columbus?

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I attended the York NSRA event this spring, and it was the first major outing I ever took my hotrod to. I should also note that I had a blast, and rank it as one of the most fun weekends I can remember. I have been into musclecars for years (also have a "real" 70 Yenko Deuce Nova), and have done a ton of shows dealing with 60's and 70's musclecars... but one thing I noticed when standing in line to get my registration stuff was that myself and my younger brother (we are ages 32 and 27) were BY FAR the youngest 2 guys to be seen anywhere.(actually it was my 57 year old father that pointed this out) I saw a handful of people relatively my age throughout the weekend, but it was definitely predominated by 60+ year olds... Does this make any difference? Not really, and after typing all that I wonder why I even noted it, but one thing the hotrod community definitely needs to work on is getting younger guys interested in the hobby... I'm not saying that it needs to be overrun with punk kids, as I wouldn't like that either, and actually love hanging out with, and learning from guys that have been doing this stuff for many years, (even the grouchy ones ) but if more guys my age don't start gaining interest, those large numbers at the NSRA events are slowly going to get smaller and smaller. I'm not pro-Goodguys or anti NSRA or anything like that, but I CAN see how Goodguys has been able to include more hobbyists, young and old, wealthy and not so wealthy, show queen cars as well as some that are a little less desireable and a little rougher around the edges... I'm fortunate to have a couple pretty nice cars, but I guess my point is, I never look down at anyone who's into the hobby, just because they don't drive what i might consider an ideal car. Alot of those 4 door, not so nice, not so hot looking cars are someone's pride and joy, and they are just doing the best they can with the money and know-how they have, and trying to enjoy the same hobby as everyone else. Maybe I'm too tolerant, but I just figure everyone deserves to be able to participate if they are into it. I can have just as much fun BS'ing with a guy who's got nothin' as I can with a guy that has a stable full of top notch hot rods.... With that said, hopefully I'll get a chance to meet some of you guys in Columbus. -JB